Select the project and use (compile Express
files
in the project) button on the tool bar.
Or
Select the Compile Express
item in the Express pull-down menu.
Or
Right click on the project and select the
Compile express item in the context sensitive menu.
This functionality is only available when the Express
perspective is
chosen.
To compile all the express files in non-express Eclipse project - the
same as for Express projects, the Express
perspective also has to be
chosen.
It is recommended to use Express projects for working with express
files with this JSDAI Express Compiler.
One disadvantage of using non-express projects: when one non-Express
project is compiled, the intermediate data of the previously compiled
non-Express project is lost.
That is because common temporary data location is used for all
non-express projects.
It does not happen with Express projects.
More advantages of using Express projects:
flexibility of setting various per-project paths and parameters,
such as location of express files, location of complex entities,
location of short names,
location of temporary files, location of repository data, etc.
an EXD
file is created in the root directory of the project,
when express files are successfully compiled. This file may be used by Express-G Editor or by the HTML
generator.
It is also possible to compile a single Express file to check for
errors only.
It may be a file from an Express project, from a non-Express project,
or a project-less external Express file.
To compile a single Express file:
A special button will appear on the Eclipse tool
bar.
Click that button to compile the file. Note: This button is
enabled only when an editor window with an express file is selected.
This button is disabled when there are editor windows with express
files opened, but none is selected.
This button is not present on the Eclipse tool bar, if no Express files
are opened in theEditor.
It is the only way to compile external Express files.
Compiling of multiple external Express files outside Eclipse projects
is not supported.
Such files can be imported into Eclipse projects, or an Express project
may be created in the directory of such Express files. It is also the
only way to compile Express files if the Express perspective is not
chosen. If an Express project contains only one Express file, the
single file compilation is equivalent to the project compilation.